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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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Wave rotor technology has been explored since 1906, although its first significant application was in 1940 by Brown Boveri Company (BBC, today ABB) which used it as a high pressure stage for a gas turbine locomotive engine. Mazda produced 150,000 Comprex diesel cars. Mazda produced 150,000 Comprex diesel cars. Source: Piechna, 2004.

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Drones with Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump into the Air

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On the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is home to many roboticists. The drone’s bird-inspired legs adopted some key principles of biological design like the ability to store and release energy in tendon-like springs along with some flexible toes. Won Dong Shin holds the RAVEN drone.

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Video Friday: Automotive Artistry

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ABB Robotics has collaborated with two world-renowned artists, eight-year-old Indian child prodigy Advait Kolarkar and Dubai-based digital design collective Illusorr, to create the world’s first robot-painted art car. If you think this might be able to help you (and you live in Switzerland), Emovo is currently offering free trials.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The Copenhagen timeline was designed to allow signatory countries two years to hash out details of their respective compliance issues so that a replacement protocol could be ratified and “entered into force”, or made operational internationally, by the time the Kyoto Protocol expires. Reuters , 14/15 November 2009. [

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Video Friday: Good Over All Terrains

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Figure ] NEO Gamma is the next generation of home humanoids designed and engineered by 1X Technologies. The Gamma series includes improvements across NEOs hardware and AI, featuring a new design that is deeply considerate of life at home. The future of Home Humanoids is here. AVFL ] Yes! ETH Zurich ] Robosquirrel ! [